San Jose Sharks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, February 28, 2002 · MCI Center
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Thursday, February 28, 2002 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Sharks 27–24.
Goals came from Adam Graves, Jaromir Jagr, Alexander Korolyuk, Owen Nolan, Scott Thornton, Sergei Gonchar and Vincent Damphousse.
Evgeni Nabokov made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Graves (11)Todd Harvey (9), Matt Bradley (8)1–005:09 SJS
Jaromir Jagr (20)Adam Oates (48)1–107:01 WSH ·
2nd period
Alexander Korolyuk (3)Brad Stuart (20), Patrick Marleau (16)2–105:37 SJS
Owen Nolan (15)Vincent Damphousse (25), Gary Suter (23)3–113:02 SJS · 
Scott Thornton (18)Mike Ricci (25), Niklas Sundstrom (26)4–115:18 SJS
3rd period
Sergei Gonchar (19)Jaromir Jagr (35), Adam Oates (49)4–218:45 WSH
Vincent Damphousse (15)Unassisted5–219:25 SJS ·
Team stats
SJSWSH
2427
54%46%
1/51/4
820
1410
1511
618
610
Penalties
- 1:33 into the first period
Sergei Gonchar · hooking obstruction2 min - 6:34 into the first period
Scott Hannan · boarding2 min - 14:14 into the first periodMatt Bradley · tripping2 min
- 19:10 into the first periodMike Rathje · interference2 min
- 10:08 into the second periodDainius Zubrus · high sticking2 min
- 10:08 into the second periodDainius Zubrus · high sticking2 min
- 12:28 into the second periodKen Klee · cross checking2 min
- 11:22 into the third periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 11:22 into the third periodChris Simon · misconduct10 min
- 14:31 into the third periodScott Hannan · tripping2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:35 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:06 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:24 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 13Todd HarveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:47 |
| 15Alexander KorolyukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:46 |
| 17Scott ThorntonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 28Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:46 |
| 7Brad StuartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 23:01 |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:30 |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 2Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:49 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Evgeni NabokovG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 37Miikka KiprusoffG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | 23:06 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 22:12 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 24:11 |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:21 |
| 10Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:41 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20:28 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:31 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:25 |
| 20Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:53 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 36Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:22 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 4Frantisek KuceraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:57 |
| 58Jean-Francois FortinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |